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We show that gasoline retailer profits heavily depend on the direction of wholesale cost movements. Using a unique, firm-level, proprietary sample of 121 U.S. gasoline retailers collectively operating over 4500 stores, we find that it tends to be only in months when wholesale prices are...
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availability and cost of energy is a significant determinant of economic performance. We believe this relation is consistent with … analyses based on the energy return on investment (EROI) concept in that increasingly scarce, and hence expensive, fuels are a … drag on economic growth. The best-fitting linear equation relating the percent of GDP (energy cost share) and year …
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In the last decade, the importance of exploiting Chile’s Renewable Energy Sources (RESs) has increased significantly … economy. However, to date, the advancement of Renewable Energy Technologies (RETs) in the country has been very limited due to … adoption of renewable energy technologies in Chile. Our findings show that the most significant barriers include “grid …
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As an emerging country and one of the most populous countries in the world, Indonesia requires a sufficient energy … supply to ensure the nation’s continued development. In response to this increasing energy demand, various studies have … proposed energy-saving measures; building envelope design is considered to be a typical energy-saving technique. A significant …
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This paper reviews the impact of the literature in depletable resources and energy economics over the period 1973 …
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The effects of removing the German coal subsidy and of introducing a carbon tax are explored using a single country, static computable general equilibrium model.
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This collection of papers in two volumes is the second in a series on China and East Asian Energy, a major project …. The research program is directed at understanding the factors influencing Chinas energy markets. It also involves high … regular dialogue with participants from the energy and policy sectors in the major markets in East Asia and Australia. The …
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This collection of papers in two volumes is the second in a series on China and East Asian Energy, a major project …. The research program is directed at understanding the factors influencing Chinas energy markets. It also involves high … regular dialogue with participants from the energy and policy sectors in the major markets in East Asia and Australia. The …
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basic foods is critical. Growing crops for fuel squanders land, water and energy resources vital for the production of food …
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Detailed energy outputs and inputs were assessed for the following crops, cultured in the U.S. and developing countries …
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